| Location: Vestavia,AL,USA Member Since: May 31, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.
Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track, sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, aided '08)
8K 25:32 (Crack of Dawn, aided '13)
5K 16:44 (Track, sea level '00)
5K 16:07 (Running of the Leopards, aided '12)
Short-Term Running Goals: NYC Marathon November 3, 2019 done
London Marathon October 3, 2021 done
Tokyo Marathon March 3, 2024!!!
And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70
https://pages.lls.org/tnt/al/london2021/awende Long-Term Running Goals: Enjoy being a Masters Runner.
Get under 3 hours one more time... Personal: Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 53.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.00 |
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| Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 5.50 | Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 13.00 | RM 090416 Miles: 0.08 | Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 7.00 | Saucony Compression Socks 1&2 Miles: 7.00 | Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 20.50 | Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 41.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Evening run with John after a long day of work. Avg. 8:29 HR 165?
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| Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 5.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Too much work, bagged run. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| AM: Feeling burnt out from the work push that started on Friday. Commute run in early for a 6am experiment. Mi 2.5 Avg. 8:38 HR 152 PM: Enough is enough, put back on my clothes late afternoon and headed out the door. Ran up Dry creek for the first time in months. Took the trail all the way to City Creek and then back on 11th. It was a deserved and relaxing run. Shame about the air quality today. At least I was looking down on it. Really gave the impression of the "shoreline" that the smog, oops it is Utah so we have to say it the nice way, "inversion" looked like the water it was so thick... That being said it was still a great run. Then back to work. Mi 10.5 Avg. 8:26 HR 156
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 13.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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AM: The good and the bad thing about writing is it can take place anywhere. The last two days in lab were fraught with interruptions so I worked from home last night and this morning. It is nice to role out of bed and just start. So by the time Sandra got back from dropping the girls off at school I already had a good 3 hr of work done. So we decided to go for a rare run together. We did the Suicide Loop. The air looked much clearer and the temperature was nice. Two daytime runs in a row nice to see the sun. However, back to the writing. I wish I could write even half as well as I can run, but I am SO SLOW when it comes to putting "pen to paper" so to speak. Avg. 9:00 HR 131 PM: ? only if I get the paper out... NOPE, worked until 11pm. At least I got a nice morning run in...
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.01 | Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 7.00 | Saucony Compression Socks 1&2 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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AM: Sorry to those who want to hear about running. I feel like I am a broken record writing about how much I work. It is really a crunch time for me, probably for the next few months. The good news is I'm still getting in some good mileage and the runs sure help to maintain that balance I so diligently try and stick to. Today I had to be in at 6 am so up early and direct commute run. Paper out today or not I am going to go for an evening run... Mi 2.5 Avg. 9:05 HR 143 PM: Well I got the second run in. Cut it a little shorter but still something. Did the SugarHouse loop from home. Mi 4.5 Avg. 7:53 HR 143 (funny about the HR)
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.06 | Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Got a little sleep and out for a run before yet another day in front of the computer. Progress is being made but never as quickly as I would like. I pushed this run a little.
Avg. 7:26 HR 168
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.01 | Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| Big run with a big group on the JRP. It was a lot of fun and great to see so many talented runners. Even if I ended up getting dropped it was still fun to hang on as long as I could. Most in the group continued on for more mileage but I had to get back to a busy family day. Avg. 6:32 HR 166
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| Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 13.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 53.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.00 |
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| Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 5.50 | Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 13.00 | RM 090416 Miles: 0.08 | Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 7.00 | Saucony Compression Socks 1&2 Miles: 7.00 | Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 20.50 | Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 41.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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